Name check
Is your company name already in the register? Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company in the KBO register already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector. Trademarks and domain names are checked separately.
“ALFRIN”
An active company already has this name
The name is not unique in the register. In another sector the risk of confusion is smaller, but customers and search engines do not always make that distinction.
Also pick your activity to see whether a similar name exists in your own sector.
What this check does and does not say
- We compare against every name in the KBO register today: the name, the abbreviation and the trade names of enterprises and their establishments. Capitals, accents, punctuation and legal forms (bv, nv, srl, ...) do not count.
- This is not a trademark search and not legal advice on using the name. A name that is not in the register can still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the official registers of the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP, boip.int) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO, euipo.europa.eu).
- A domain name or a social media handle is also separate from the register.
Same or very similar names
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Stekene · since 2019
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Vocational training · Elsene · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Lille · since 2001
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Hasselt · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Full-service restaurants · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2026
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Specialist medical practice · Saint-Hubert · since 2023
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1993
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Quaregnon · since 1993
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1966
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Vervaardiging van veevoeders · Grâce-Hollogne · since 1965
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Kruisem · since 1982
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Name of an establishment of JUDEBE · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Activities of holding companies · Bree · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2024
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Hamont-Achel · since 1980
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Oostende · since 1990
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Brugge · since 1992